Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

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Why am I not surprised the coward is trying to flee justice?  If nothing else, Assange is abundantly illustrating that he is no Gandhi, King, or Mandela.  What he claims to be fearing isn't as bad as what they actually faced, and what he might possibly face, even if he were to somehow be sent to the US from Sweden, isn't remotely what he claims to fear.

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Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

It's no surprise he'll be speaking from a balcony rather than inside the embassy.  He likely wants to be heckled as it plays into his martyred-messiah complex.

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Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in row over his fate

Apparently he will speak from a little balcony so as not to be batoned by the bobbies.

It's no surprise he'll be speaking from a balcony rather than inside the embassy.  He likely wants to be heckled as it plays into his martyred-messiah complex.

Dude, you're just being silly.  Have you no sense of theater?  It is an amazing bit of luck for someone like him to have any platform to speak at all, and no doubt he'll disappear soon.  Of course he's going to make the most of it.  'Assange from the balcony' will be remembered long after nobody knows where he is.

Nah, we'll know where he will be.  The Ecuadorian embassy.  He ain't leaving there for years to come now.

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While they would have no right to inspect or detain a diplomatic bag, the UK would be within its rights to hermetically vacuum seal it.

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For those who think that the diplomatic courier solution is an option, it isn't at least for now.

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Assange would have to acquire Ecuadorian citizenship before he could be accredited as diplomatic staff.

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Diplomatic couriers are not usually members of staff accredited to a mission (e.g., the Queens's Messangers) - so I would think it quite questionable whether Article 8 applies.

Article 5 allows for a state to insist upon members of the staff be accredited to a particular mission primarily so that the Republic of Hatfield need not share the same agricultural agent from Fredonia as their enemy the Kingdom of McCoy.  No one usually cares who the couriers are since they never stay in country long.  However, it would be exceedingly odd that you could reject all other diplomatic personnel, but not the couriers.  So while Articles 5 and 8 would rarely get used against diplomatic couriers I see no reason why they should not be and eery reason why they should.

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Coincidentally, came across this in the news just now.

India diplomatic bag found in French Alps after 46 years

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19433294

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I can't think of any reason for Sweden to drop the case, let alone drop it so soon.